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Monday, March 28, 2011

Spring in my step with Sweet Pea Stamps!

A good friend of mine recently asked if I had any Sweet Pea Stamps because they were "so your style" LOL I had secretly been coveting the SPS for sometime but just never took the plunge to add any in my collection. Then I saw they had a sale and I was all over it! So, I finally got my first set of Sweet Pea Stamps a feww weeks ago and was so excited when they arrived! I finally cut them out and got inky yesterday with this darling stamp! She's part of a big sheet of rubber with a pirate-y theme and two sentiments (one of which I used on this card!)

I had a lot of fun with this Friday Sketch. I also used a fabulous tip to tip coloring technique with my Copics on the flowes. I also colored my very bright yellow prima flowers with R29 to match the flowers on the image and tone them down a bit. Speaking of copics - there is a fabulous sale going on at Carpe Diem - you can get sketch markers for $3.95 each!!! That's an insane deal and free shipping over $50 which is SO easy to do and if you're not ordering at least $50 worth, there isn't really a point! LOL I have no idea how long the sale is supposed to last so if you are thinking about it, just do it! Oh, and a tip, it doesn't show the sale price until you put it in your cart ;)

I also finally played with my new Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots I recently won! I watched the product spot light HERE with Tracy Weinzapfel and couldn't wait to try them out finally! It's a bit of a different technique as I'm usually a smoosh and wait girl and this product you just lightly place on your project! But I am loving it now that I understand how it works! I wanted to give a bit of a side view to show the depth achieved on the prima flowers with the LSD - ooh, probably don't want to abreviate that one, eh? LOL

Gosh, this is a long post, but this card has so many different details that I do want to show! I love the Lasercut Chipboard Embellies at Make it Crafty and used the swirly corner ones on this card. I actually put some washi tape down one some CS to create a bit of a background to peep thru the chipboard and then spritzed with some Glimmer Mist and added a touch of stickles because it just wasn't blingy enough for me yet!

And finally, if there is something that you MUST.HAVE with your crafty staples it's a CLEAR Atyou Glitter pen! I love this for adding just a touch of shimmer like I've done on the flowers. And it's GREAT because since it is really clear it doesn't distore the coloring you've done when you put it over it! It's really hard to photograph but really looks fab IRL!

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Gorgeous card Carisa, Her hair looks amazing, and I love the corner embellie.Thanks for the heads up sale...may have to take a peak...and the glue pen sounds good too...I usually struggle with PVA and a paint brush..lol..Fabulous job..Luv CHRISSYxx